Annual Wild Hope Award

The Center’s mission to gather people to promote human and ecological flourishing leads us each year to highlight an alumnus, alumna, or friend of the university who exemplifies this mission.

Tono Sablan (PLU 2018) is the executive director for the Blue Zones Project in Parkland and Spanaway.

Rick Steves is an American travel writer and leader in social assistance to those struggling with poverty; view his presentation here.

Hannah Anderson (PLU 2015), one of the first Wild Hope Fellows, serves as a nurse in intensive care.